Borno public school teachers now enjoying N30,000 minimum wage – Zulum

A total of 4,491 qualified teachers under the Borno State Local Government Education Authority are now enjoying the monthly payment of N30,000 minimum wage with effect from August, 1, 2022.

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, stated this, saying he had approved the immediate implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage to the teachers.

The State Government under the leadership of Governor Zulum faced accusations on the social media last week that teachers working with public primary schools received monthly salary between N7,000 and N11,000 as take home pay.

Governor Babagana Zulum who just returned from Japan after an official engagements gave the approval while having meeting with the chairmen and members of the state civil service and local government service commissions, Head of Service, as well members of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at the Government House, Maiduguri on Wednesday.

Zulum also said promotion benefits of all state civil servants would be implemented from January 2022 to 2023 after a promotional examination, stressing that if Yobe State could conduct promotional examination, nothing should stop Borno from doing so.

“The problems in the state civil service and the local government service commissions are enormous. Many people could not understand the complexity of problems we have at hand, but I assure you we are going to sit down and address them with time.”

He lamented that about 3,000 teachers on the payroll of the LEA in the state did not have any qualified certificate, talk less of experience to teach, but assured that those trainable would be trained.

“We will take 1,000 unqualified teachers that are trainable to be undergo training at the Colleges of Education Waka Biu and Bama, while others will be trained in collaboration with National Teachers Institutes (NTI) for six months, and when pass the competency test, they will be observed into the system,” he said.

Borno State Chairman of the NLC, Yusuf Inuwa, commended Governor Zulum for the payment of 2020 leave grant to the state civil servants and assured him of the labour continued industrial harmony and support.